A film about one of the most famous, sophisticated and influential European noblemen of the XV-XVIII centuries – the Radvila‘s (Radziwill) family and his members, who had been one of the wealthiest real estate owners in the Old Continent for several hundred years, defeated a 5 times bigger army of Ivan the Terrible by its own troops in a legendary battle, defended European protestants without being afraid of inquisitional fires and also published the first bestselling travel book about a trip to Jerusalem which had been on top for 200 years.
It’s a family that has been always noted for its sacrificial manner to others, claiming that “the real fortune of a nobleman is in Heaven, not on Earth”. And now, after a couple of centuries, the offspring of this family can be found among world political elite all the way down from Europe to Kennedy’s family or Emmy winners, all sharing the same values.
A film about Courage, Grace and Devotion.
Film director: Ramunė Rakauskaitė
Director of fiction scenes: Jonas Trukanas
Sript: Arūnas Matelis, Ramunė Rakauskaitė, Renata Šerelytė, Romas Lileikis
DOP: Audrius Kemežys
DOP of fiction scenes: Simonas Glinskis
Composers: Domas Strupinskas, Paulius Kilbauskas
Producers: Algimantė Matelienė, Arūnas Matelis (Studio Nominum), Mark Olexa (DOK Mobile), Uldis Cekulis (VFS Films)
stereo/ 16:9 / region free/ PAL
Year of production: 2015
Genre: Docu-fiction
Running time: 65min
Language: Lithuanian, Polish, English, Hebrew, Latvian, Belarusian, German
Subtitles: Lithuanian, English, Polish, Belarusian
Film produced by: Studio nominum, Dok Mobile, VFs films
Supporters: Lithuanian Film Center, Lithuanian Ministery of Culture, Lithuanian Ministery of Education, National Latvian Film Center, AB Kauno tiltai